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Associated Content by Yahoo!
Best of AssociatedContent.com Award received in July 2010 for Black Music Month 30-day feature
Featured Arts & Entertainment, Green Contributor

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1. Physical Acting at Its Best with the Talented Erika Alexander
2. How to Rent Your Chicago Home as a Film Location
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Entertainment Interviews

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"Q&A with Quilete Tribe Wolf Actor Alex Meraz at the Official Twilight Convention in Chicago," AssociatedContent.com, Sept. 11, 2010
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"World of Fun at Wizard World Chicago Comic Con 2010," AssociatedContent.com, August 22, 2010
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"Damon Wayans Interview, Comedian Releases Serious New Book 'Red Hats'," AssociatedContent.com, May 13, 2010
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"Corey Wilkes Quartet bring funk, jazz and soul to HyPa jazz event at Smart Museum of Art," Chicago News & Events Examiner, August 16, 2010
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"AfroFlow blends hip-hop and spoken word, anti-smoking artist Mike-E on the mic," AssociatedContent.com, original date May 20, 2009, re-published March 2, 2010

"AfroFlow blends hip-hop and spoken word, anti-smoking artist Mike-E on the mic," AssociatedContent.com, original date May 20, 2009, re-published March 2, 2010

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"Pianist Reginald Robinson brings ragtime to the Oriental Institute for HyPa event," Chicago News & Events Examiner, March 7, 2010

"MC Lyte still a rock in the rap industry," Chicago Defender, March 4-10, 2009, Volume CIII, Number 44

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"Trey Songz is 'Ready' to get back to business," Chicago Defender Online, May 22, 2009

"Heather Headley makes switch to gospel," Chicago Defender, February 4-10, 2009, Vol. CIII, No. 40

"Steve Harvey: Act Like a Lady," Chicago Defender, Volume CIII, No. 42, February 18-24, 2009

"Ludacrismas was very merry on West side," Chicago Defender, December 24-30, 2008, Volume CIII, Number 34"

"Soul Train reunion to honor show host, Ghent," Chicago Defender Online, January 26, 2009

"Historic Soul Train party rolls through Chicago," Chicago Defender, February 11, 2009

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"Q&A with Peter Facinelli, Dr. Carlisle Cullen, at the Official Twilight Convention in Chicago," AssociatedContent.com, Sept. 10, 2010
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"Donell Jones let's fans know what's up with upcoming 2010 CD and 'The Lost Files,'" AssociatedContent.com, March 20, 2010
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"Jazz lovers visited Hyde Park for 'Smart Sounds featuring Julia Huff' at 16th HyPa event," Chicago News & Events Examiner, July 18, 2010

"From PA to Tee Tee, Barry Floyd Talks About CW's 'The Game'," AssociatedContent.com, March 21, 2009

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"From child star and actor to rapper, Brandon Adams is back!" Chicago Defender Online, June 24, 2009

"Ne-Yo comes to Chicago Theatre," Chicago Defender, February 25-March 3, 2009, Volume CIII, Number 43

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"Comedian Damon Williams brings the 'funny' every first Saturday," Chicago Defender Online, June 17, 2009
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"Skaters go 'Ga Ga' for Keezo Kane," Chicago Defender Online, June 3, 2009

"Triple Threat: Jeremih, the singer, rapper, musician," Chicago Defender Online, May 22, 2009

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"Open Mic Night at the Spoken Word Cafe in Chicago is Back!," AssociatedContent.com, December 13, 2005 (Reprinted in Spoken Vizions magazine, November/December 2004, Vol. 3, Issue 4)

"Khari B., the Discopoet, celebrates poetry through music," Chicago Defender Online, July 29, 2009

Entertainment Blogs
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"Meeting Spoken Word Artist and Former Child Star Malcolm Jamal Warner," AssociatedContent.com, August 5, 2010
"Celebrity Sighting, D.L. Hughley, the First Celebrity I Met of Many," AssociatedContent.com, July 15, 2010
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"Chicago celebrates Juneteenth with Mos Def and more at IMAN's 'Takin' It to the Streets' concert," Chicago News & Events Examiner, June 20, 2010

Click here to see the Mos Def video.
Click here to see the Juneteenth/Mos Def photo gallery.

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"Common's in 'Control' at Best Buy Signing Event," Chicago Defender, December 17, 2008

Entrepreneurs, Business Interviews
Click here for author interviews.
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"ZAM's 10th Annual Fashion Show and Fundraiser presents Chicago community models and Mayor Daley," Chicago News & Events Examiner, September 10, 2010
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"Real Men Cook Chicago co-founder Yvette Moyo Gillard talks about Father's Day and Chicago community," Examiner.com, June 3, 2010
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"SMU professor and marketing exec Erin O. Patton talks about hip-hop, athletes and advertising," Chicago News & Events Examiner, May 8, 2010
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"R2C2H2 Speaks About History, Politics, Jazz, and Art," Associated Content, May 20, 2008
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"Interview with Darnell Wright, The MySpace Bulletin King," Associated Content, April 7, 2007
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"Interview with Celebrity Food and Junk Artist, Jason Mecier," AssociatedContent.com, October 4, 2010
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"Wizard Entertainment Founder Gareb Shamus Talks About Childhood, Pop Stars and Wizard World Chicago Comic Con," AssociatedContent.com, July 30, 2010
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"Upcoming Fashion Designer -- P3 Designs Pursue Purpose Passionately," Associated Content, February 4, 2007
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"Chicago marketing company Commonground owners discuss Chicago, diversity in marketing, social media," Chicago News & Events Examiner, Nov. 22, 2009
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"Interview with Brandon Frame, the Black Man Who Can," Associated Content, July 7, 2010

Examiner Categories
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Amazon Shorts

Amazon Short $0.49

Summary: What could be more exciting than a quickie on the el train? Memo is all about convincing his long-time girlfriend, Cherese, to participate, but Cherese is more concerned with onlookers and getting pregnant. What happens when lust wins on the way to 95th street? And how did two onlookers change the state of their relationship?

Amazon Short $0.49

Summary: Everyone looks forward to sex, but no one looks forward to STDs. So how does it feel to walk into an HIV/AIDS clinic for the first time to be tested? Brainstorming on past partners, whether you were safe and what you'll do when the counselor gives the results run through your mind. One woman felt she'd done everything right, but when she sat down in the counselor's office, she found out she could be at risk too, just from not knowing all of the risks. Is she negative or positive, and what did she do wrong?


Miscellaneous Articles and Reviews

The two-part file below was my first paid assignment. It was about my experience at Northern Michigan University and why I question the literary canon. (Vol. 1, No. 5, November/December 2004)
Citizens in America, part 1
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Citizens in America, part 2
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